690 is, unlike 670, overkill. The only reason you should buy a 690 is if you have ridiculous amount of money to just spend away.

I bought my stuff thanks to other ppl's help, who know more than me. But just recently I read up on the graphics card, and apparently I'll easily get 60+ fps in (for example) Battlefield 3 with 1080p and all settings maxed out even during chaos and 64 players. Whereas with a 690 you'll get double that fps, which is total overkill. Nice ofcourse, but not worth the price unless you have a bunch of spare money that you anyway don't need.

This is sensible advice! I'll just save up for one, i'm in no rush. my 2 HD5870's are still playing games just fine. I may upgrade to Nvida's top tier GPU when the new consoles are released.

Originally Posted by KungMartin90

690 is, unlike 670, overkill. The only reason you should buy a 690 is if you have ridiculous amount of money to just spend away.

There is no such thing as overkill when it comes to PC gaming. For starters, you don't even know what he is running it with, he could have 3 monitors for all you know (he hasn't though ) so what is overkill to you isn't overkill to someone else.

And as always, the better you buy, the further away you can delay upgrading.

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